A new Netflix documentary explores an infamous hoax that gripped America, after parents lied about their son taking off in a ...

"A homemade flying saucer lifts off, and a 6-year-old boy might be inside. National panic ensues — but what truly happened?" ...

MOUNT CARMEL, Ill. (WJW) — A 6-year-old boy died last month in what the the Wabash County coroner has concluded was a “tragic accidental death” involving a balloon. First responders were ...

And what better way to gin up interest on that subject than to report that a weather balloon had gotten loose and was sailing over northern Colorado with an unplanned passenger aboard — their six-year ...

Fort Collins' infamous Balloon Boy hoax will be featured in Netflix's "Trainwreck" docuseries, which explores disasters, ...

An Illinois boy – who had just celebrated his sixth birthday – tragically died after inhaling helium from a Mylar balloon, family and officials said. Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated to death ...